Every since my little Chanel makeover I have been obsessing over the Black Jade eyeliner as well as the Rose Dentelle lipstick, so what a perfect gift to me with love....
I figured I would also include my Venomous Villains spree as I used my Birthday money...What a wild ride the whole anticipation of this collection was...
I remember when the first hints came out and all the speculation started, I had a massive list, when the swatches first started to appear it dwindled down to just a couple things, when A. let me play and put my choices to the side it had grown again, But finally today when I went to pick it up, it was just these 4 things...
Violetta Lipstick, Briar Rose Powder, She Who Dares MES, and Bite of an Apple Blush.
As I was taking a picture of my newest lovelies Katie was not amused....
I on the other hand am completely thrilled....
So, R. is the awesome Chanel dude at the Countryside Dillard's who has been trying to entice me back into the world of Chanel for sometime now. I have resisted until today when he showed me the Clair eyeliner pencil, this pencil has the most amazing eye brightening effect...It opened my eyes and took away any hint of allergy redness without that stark contrast that white and even some "flesh" colored pencils seem to have....Truly a must have!
Of course R. then had to say let's just try this lipstick..It was Chintz and he layered the "matching" lipgloss over and it was love. Before I knew it I was in the chair and K. the Chanel make-up artist began to do my eyes with the Winter Nights quad and just like that I was a goner and the birth of a new obsession began....She used a brightening base and a concealer that truly eliminated my dreadful dark circles, she also used a green eyeliner pencil that kept catching my eye in the mirror on the drive home...Finally she finished with Rose Dentelle lipstick which just brought my entire face to a new level, what a gorgeous lovely color...
I remember being into Chanel years ago and one thing I had was a quad that appeared to have four pans of white but each pan was shot through with different shades iridescence, of course that is long gone....
I really can't begin to describe how awesome both R. and K. are, they truly are make-up junkies and don't turn up their noses up when you talk about other brands ... K. and I also bonded over the fact that we are mother's of dreadful beast children otherwise known as teenage boys...
I look forward to building my Chanel collection....
I have such love/hate feelings towards Bare Escentuals....On one hand I adore their foundation and I think their skincare is awesome....On the other hand their pots o' color multiple like rabbits and before you know it, you have an ombre collection of the same colors....
I sent C. a box of colors this week that I no longer wanted in preparation of the new colors I bought over the weekend when B.E. was on QVC.....
On the right is The Royal Treatment inspired by an opal ring that Leslie bought in New Orleans. I was prepared to return it because unfortunately, while the darker shade,Crown is a lovely pot of shimmering teal with shots of green,blue and gold it turned a sooty mess when blended. I have noticed that is a common occurrence when the shadows have a black base. However, I figured I would give it another try...I put King (golden color) all over the eye rather heavy, then layered Crown all over the lid and crease and created the most amazing look that is just lovely...Crown also retains it's color when foiled or used wet as a liner. The Beignet gloss is a peachy golden kiss...
Now on the left are the colors of the Ultimate Grand kit which has to be one of my top 10 purchases of 2010....The kit is based on matte and glimmer and includes a matte foundation and a "regular" foundation as well as two brushes which are not in the picture....On the top left is Secret Radiance a golden glowy face color and the right is Exhilarate, a raspberry matte blush that I just adore...The middle row are the matte shadows and the 3rd row are the glimmer shadows. The left is Willow a taupey golden silvery color. The matte and the glimmer are completly differrent while having the same feeling of color. On the right is Pashmina, a smoke color that has hints of slate and yet I see a hint of green as well. The matte is much darker than the glimmer in the pot yet like Willow they truly are two versions of the same color...The lighter gloss is Spritzer a pale dazzling tube of pink loveliness and Cranberry Sorbet is on the right, a glossy rose lollipop...
It really is just an amazingly lovely collection of color....
What a lovely day at the local MAC counter....complete with a lovely Princess....I went to pick up Fleur Power blush I had been obsessing over it since last weekend when I B2M'd for Lustering lipstick....
Both of these colors are lovely beyond words and play perfectly off of each other...They are a both a lovely pinky color with just a hint of coral with Lustering being a tad pinker....
Princess Amber was helping me and I asked her if they are doing any pre-orders for the Venomous Villains and she said "do you want to see the colors?' I was like "Ahhh yes,please" and she then proceeded to bring out a basket and set it down in front of me and told me to put to the side what I wanted, swoon.....
I first looked at and swatched what I knew was on my list of lust....
Oh So Fair so soft and lovely....
Bite of Apple which looked really muddy on me so I believe my Fleur Power will do the trick...
Briar Rose jumped on to my hand and into the pile....
She Who Dares was as awesome as I had hoped...
French Quarter is just a lovely color that has sparkles dancing throughout...
So not bad I only switched out a blush for a beauty powder until I decided to look at the lips...
Innocence Beware, awesome pinky nude....
Violetta = Love
Resort Life is just a lovely sparkling gloss of color and it looked lovely over Innocence Beware...
I played with the magic powder and while they were really pretty cool they weren't enough to join the pile...
I was pretty amazed that the swatches made it all the way home to take this picture...
Unfortunately Resort Life did fade away...
I am so happy all my choices are in a bag waiting for me to come and pick them up on the 30th....
After dinking with my Excel spreadsheet earlier, I have come to the conclusion that I truly am satisfied with my current collection...While I do have a list of lust and must for the upcoming MAC Villains and Dior Holiday, on a whole I am quite pleased.....I think my New Years resolution to stick with a few brands that I love has helped, as well as purging the 105 items that I have either swapped or given away this year so far....I shall continue to ponder..
MAC - Cheek & Face(5) Eye Single(11) Eye Palette(4) Lipstick(11)
Rock & Republic - Cheek & Face(8) Eyeliner(1) Eye Single(8)
Bobbi Brown - Eye Single(1)
Chanel - Lipgloss(2)
Gosh - Lipstick(1)
Guerlain - Eyeliner(1)
Kat Von D - Eye Palette(1)
Lipstick Queen - Lipgloss(1)
Sleek - Eyeliner(1) Eye Palette(2)
Thierry Mugler - Lipgloss(1)
T. LeClerc - Cheek & Face(1)
This does not include - Foundations, Powders, Concealers, Primers, and Mascara's as well as a few items that are in the junked box awaiting their fate....
Here is a copy of my spreadsheet, but not my beautifully color coordinated and detailed one...
